Twitter reverts change that left blank spaces in place of deleted embedded tweets

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A change that altered the appearance of deleted tweets on websites outside of Twitter has been reversed. The site will go back to displaying the original text instead of leaving a blank gap.

After considering the feedback we received, we're rolling back this change for now.

You can see the original text, date, and name of the user who posted it if you go to any third-party website with an embedded tweet. It looks like this reversal is only temporary while the company works out an alternate way to display deleted tweets. It's not clear what kind of different options might be tried out, but hopefully it won't involve completely blocking out any information associated with the message.

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Kevin Marks pointed out on Wednesday that the micro-blogging site quietly began using Javascript to block out deleted messages from other websites. It is not possible to see embedded tweets from people like Donald Trump who were banned from the site last year. This had big implications for news stories that included deleted or banned users, which is important for context.

There are concerns over whether people could abuse the feature to change the content of atweet after it, after it was announced that it was working on a long-awaitededit button.